The Pelican comparison grid for Astra is pretty interesting 🔗
<p>I got access to GPT-6 Astra this afternoon, so naturally I used it to generate <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycl [...]
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OpenAI's rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikis 🔗
<p>Here we go again... <a href="https://collusion.wiki">Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board</a> by Sydney Von Arx, Cormac Slade Byrd, S [...]
August newsletter is out 🔗
<p>The August edition of my <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/">sponsors-only monthly newsletter</a> is out. If you are a sponsor (or i [...]
GPT‑6 Astra 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/">GPT‑6 Astra</a></strong></p> GPT-6 Astra is "rolling out today to a limited set of or [...]
llm-gemini 0.34 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-gemini/releases/tag/0.34">llm-gemini 0.34</a></p> <blockquot [...]
Claude's new system prompt really doesn't want to reproduce song lyrics 🔗
<p>Anthropic <a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts/overview">publish the system prompts</a> for their Claude [...]
Quoting Rick Brewster 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://forums.paint.net/topic/134563-🍷-extremely-experimental-winelinux-support-how-to-get-started/"><p>Direct2D has always b [...]
Claude Fable 5.1 made me a really nice animated pelican 🔗
<p>Today is <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude-fable-and-mythos-5-1">Claude Fable (and Mythos) 5.1 day</a>. Anthropic say that Fable 5.1 " [...]
Codex bundles LibreOffice 🔗
<p>I was poking around in my <code>~/.cache/</code> folder using <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more">OmniDiskSweeper</a> when I spotted some [...]
GeoJSON Map Viewer 🔗
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/geojson">GeoJSON Map Viewer</a></p> <p>I was helping Natalie [...]
Quoting Tarn Adams 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/dwarf-fortress-creator-says-the-industrys-in-shambles-over-ai-and-layoff-happy-ceos-eve [...]
datasette-mcp 0.2 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-mcp/releases/tag/0.2">datasette-mcp 0.2</a></p> <bl [...]
Python 3.15.0 candidate 2 is here! 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0-candidate-2-is-here/108841">Python 3.15.0 candidate 2 is here!</a></strong></p> H [...]
Introducing wrapture 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://grahamdumpleton.me/posts/2026/08/introducing-wrapture/">Introducing wrapture</a></strong></p> New from Graham Dumple [...]
Quoting Andrew Digby 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://bsky.app/profile/digs.bsky.social/post/3mufrrsfhq22r"><p>325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding seaso [...]
Understanding ChatGPT Work 🔗
<p>OpenAI <a href="https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-your-most-ambitious-work/">announced ChatGPT Work</a> on July 9th, and have been furiousl [...]
Introducing Hy4 Preview 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://hy.tencent.ai/research/hy4-preview">Introducing Hy4 Preview</a></strong></p> New open weight text input (no vision) [...]
Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://anil.recoil.org/notes/rumour-is-the-exploit">Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days< [...]
Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2026/breaking-claude-code-opus-5-and-automode/">Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode</ [...]
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next">Qwen3.8-Flash-Next</a></strong></p> Another open weights model from Qwen. This o [...]
Quoting Paul Dix 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://pauldix.com/the-end-of-programming"><p>The fact that AI wrote 1M LOC and then refined it over the course of the next co [...]
EVE Online: The Move to Python 3 Begins! 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-begins">EVE Online: The Move to Python 3 Begins!</a></strong></p> E [...]
llm-anthropic 0.27 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-anthropic/releases/tag/0.27">llm-anthropic 0.27</a></p> <p>T [...]
Your executable is a SQLite database 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database">Your executable is a SQLite database</a></strong></p> [...]
Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245">Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as che [...]
Quoting Drew Breunig 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/23/fable-the-end-of-moore-s-law.html"><p>Prior to Fable, it felt silly to waste <em>too</em> m [...]
Quoting Linus Torvalds 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c"><p>And this was a debug session from hell, e [...]
llm 0.33 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.33">llm 0.33</a></p> <p>My highlights from th [...]
More than just code review 🔗
<p>The key skill required to make productive use of coding agents is being able to confidently instruct them on how to make changes and then conf [...]
llm 0.32.1 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.32.1">llm 0.32.1</a></p> <p>Fresh installs of [...]